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Saturday, March 30, 2013

‘Peg RTE quota income at Rs. 1 lakh’

A majority of the participants, including members of various NGOs,
school managements and parents, who took part in the workshop on the
Right to Education (RTE) Act unanimously recommended that the upper
limit for the income criteria under the RTE quota should be reduced from
Rs. 3.5 lakh to Rs. 1 lakh a year, said H.R. Umesh Aradhya,
chairperson, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights
(KSCPCR).

Collective work

These were one of the recommendations made at a discussion and workshop
here on Saturday. Participants pointed out that there was a need for
various departments such as the Education, Labour, Police and Social
Welfare to work collectively for successful implementation.

Increase supervision

Another suggestion was increased supervision in private unaided schools
to ensure that the 25 per cent quota for economically weaker sections
was adhered to and that all Education Department circulars in this
connection be issued in consultation with the KSCPCR. The reports will
be consolidated and sent to the High Court and the Education Department
for future course of action.

Earlier, at the inaugural, Karnataka High Court judge Hulvadi G. Ramesh
pointed out that certain grey areas in the RTE Act had to be addressed.